Awww...repot, Tom. If you don’t like them, gift them after repotting. I know how you feel though. Some gift plants I just don’t like (anthuriums for example) but don’t want to kill them.

Are you growing citrus indoors?

Just now getting into aloes. All but one I have had under a year. We are having a few more days of severe cold. Hopefully within the next week I can take them back out to the GH where they will stay until May.

A petite NoID I got from BikerDoc some years ago. That's a 2" pot for scale. I like the texture of the leaves.

Aloe Blizzard

Another NoID from BikerDoc ... has stayed small (which is a plus for an apt dweller like me). Plant has been in my care for 5yrs or so now. Pot is 5" in diameter.

Bit o whimsy with this planting ...

Here is my aloe.

A different seedling than the one posted previously on this thread. A macro and the full plant in a 1 1/2" pot.

Here is mine from around the end of February -

I actually stole it a couple years ago from one of my BILs who loves cactus & succulents and has had dozens and dozens of aloes over the years. Every year he would take some of his most potbound ones to our local nursery and they would repot them and give him a new pot for free in exchange for keeping the extra offsets to sell. Mine was from such offsets. I had never seen a potted one bloom until I saw his. Here's a pic of a row of them with a blooming one about 12 years ago -

Their deck faces due south and is blazing hot in summer and he would just throw them all out there after overwintering them inside... literally a sink or swim thing and they just flourished. lol

Jeff, Looks like an insect eater. Feed me!! Something you see on late night sci-fi movies only the size of a house and eats people.

Stush, once this started developing I could see it was going to be special. I like the ugly beauty of it. It's hard to tell now, but it has a weird, sprawling shape to it. I wish they didn't grow so slow. !

Jenny , my goodness, I love those! I love the blooms and I had no idea you even grew them.Ha., Not only are we citrus fanatics, but aloe ones too. Do you know the name of this one? I would love to see if I can find one on E-bay or something. I don't think they sell those here locally(( Thank you for sharing.

• Jeff, Stush is right. It does look like something of an monster and those colors are beautiful. I huge surprise when you grow from seed. You must be excited. I like the yellow and red contrast,
• Stush, hoping all is well with you. Mom has been sick, lost her best friend this morning to blood poising, and I have had a huge stomach issue. A Cat Scan this morning. Ugh. I will be showing you pics soon and owe you a cutting. Have not forgot you)
• Paul, what a cute tree aloe. I love it when they do that. Loose their lower leaves and start to look like a mini tree. I love it. Nice coloring on yours too. Love the texture of that top one.
• Matt, what a beautiful amount of very colorful aloes. You surprised me too, I ad no idea you had such a nice collection. Any flowers coming?
• Esther, such perfect shaped plants. Thank you
• Melissa, do I sense more aloes in your plans? Very nice
• Cactusmarris, so good to see you. Those are huge.

It seems I love the reds, blue, and yellow hues of many of these. I will be taking some pics of mine soon now that I am feeling better. I didn't know that so many different kinds existed in our hands. Just an amazing sort of shapes, colors and flowers. Thank you

Mike, So sorry for your Mother's loss. Death can be so painful and long lasting. Hope all goes well with you and can get into better health. I am doing very well myself.

Can't wait till I can start taking my plants out now that we finally got some nice sunny weather. Makes me want to start now but I know we still got some bad weather coming. Just bought some new pots to transplant many of my over grown Agaves, Aloes, and Haworthias. Looking forward to sitting on my back porch and redoing all those plants. Joys of spring!

Stush, it sure can be. BUt then at the same time there is no more suffering on our friends part. She suffered greatly. Thank you.

Me too. Spring can't come fast enough. The hardest oart of it is getting teased with a nice warm day here and there, and then bam, back to winter cold for days until at least the end of April at times( I have a ton of orchids to re pot, along with succulents and a few houseplants. It all happes so fast when it finally does come to stay, the warmth that is. All my figs are starting to awaken and they still need re pots too. Too much work to do inside.

Here is a few more of mine

Mike, I like the bottom two. Same plant? I have some exactly like them but not the red. Mine pup like crazy. After removing pups, I noticed some don't pup again for years. Which is a good thing for me.

Too hard to get to most of my aloes on the windows. In two more months, when I take them outside for the summer, I'll get some better pictures.

Mike - sorry didn't get back (have been crazy busy). Those aloes are my BIL's plants but I did grab one from him just to have. He probably has no idea what varieties he has (the one that bloomed may be generic no-name Aloe vera) but most of those in the pics were from pups from a mother plant that he used to grow in an old 5 gallon glass fish tank over 20 years ago. He would repot the pups and then when he and my sister moved to their current house with that big SW-facing deck, he put them all out there and they really took off. He's had to divide at least one or two every year and gives the extras to the local nursery in exchange for a new pot. Believe it or not, I think these thrive because he doesn't fuss over his plants (i.e., usually forgets to water them) and since cacti and succulents often die from over-watering, they fit his lifestyle. LOL Some of the many smaller specimens he's bought over the years can't seem to handle that type of neglect either but the aloes keep on going. He doesn't acclimatize before putting them outside, so they usually turn reddish in that blazing sun when the house is emptied of aloes, cacti, dracenas and scheffleras some time in the May timeframe, but then his seem to be tough plants, being the strongest in their survival of the fittest household. LOL As a sidenote, their old pot-pound schefflera bloomed about 7 or 8 years ago, another that I had never seen bloom before!

Pup of my original Aloe from hybrid seed from a few years ago. The white pattern makes it look like motion blur, but it's in focus. I realize some don't like the artificial-like hybrids, but for non-aloe enthusiasts, all the wild colors keep them interesting.

Don't care what others like, I like it Jeff. Cool.

Jeff I will admit that I wasn't the biggest fan of aloes. But after seeing pictures of some of your hybrids and the different colors and patterns, I have been suckered in lol. I've picked up a few and planning on a few more.

Thanks for the comments. I completely understand those who like more natural looking species of plants as opposed to the more manipulated hybrids, but I really like them. Some are similar with Haworthias. Many of us are purists with some things and not with others. I'm always amazed at the people who can develop these hybrids. Growing just a set of seedlings takes long enough!

I apologize for not responding sooner! Socks, yes, those are citrus in the background. Everyone here has some amazing looking plants... it shows just how much you cherish them.

A few of mine, I apologise in advance they aren't in the most photogenic location. A. Oik, A. Snowstorm, A. Minniebelle, Gasteraloe 'Royal Highness'.

I got seed pods!! Three of my aloes bloomed in the past month, A. (Gonialoe) variegata, A. Hedgehog, and A. 'Crosby's Prolific'. Using the same paint brush to pollinate all three on two different occasions. Now showing a few swollen seed pods forming. With 'Hedgehog and 'Crosby's Prolific' sharing the same parentage being A. humilis. Only hope some Gonialoe shared their genes with them. Would be exciting to see the results come summer.

I showed pictures of the flowers up above in this post.

In a poor-quality potting soil from the nursery, with a lot of sand added, these grew like weeds. I transplanted them to gritty mix and now they are starving. Go figure.

Jeff, I confess... I like the hybrids, too :-) And I love your macro photos.

Isde, I really like your 'Snowstorm'

Thanks Sld, it's from Home Depot. It got a little beat up on the ride home but hopefully it'll recover. When I get some pups I'll let you know.

I ddn't think Home Depot had such nice Aloes. Nice find!

Jeff, I love your unusual ones. You never seem to let us down whith such nice ones..

Westes, what a cool idea with the edging of those plants. Love that Aloe too.

Mike

I always hope to find something interesting at Home Depot, but just about never do. Did get a very tattered and tiny Aeonium 'Mardi Gras' there.

This particular Home Depot was pretty good. They had assorted haworthia, and aloes, and a nice selection of pots.

Jenny, no problem. I love those aloes! I may have to privately ask you to send me a pup even if we work something out or if you want something of mine and if not it's ok too. I think growing an aloe like that would be just fun being so easy. You also grow so well. I am proud of you!! Even citrus. Ha

Mike - sure, we can try to work something. I have to see what he still has as potted pups from the big ones that bloomed. The one I have with the speckles is a little different. When they bring the succulents and cacti in for winter, they end up all over the house on anything that is flat and/or is near a window...lol.

IMO, the best Aloe, until there's another one that captures my heart, in flower or out. Aloe karasbergensis.

The Karas region, southern Namibia

Beautiful Aloe, that! How big does that one get, Jeff? Looks gi-normous in the photo.

Paul, I've seen them 3-4' wide, and that was in cultivation (but not in full sun). This in-habitat one seems to get some rain / fog. Yes, it's a textbook example of the sublime aloeiciousness available.

Lars, that is a first time I see yellow flowers like that in a pot. They are just spectacular! Thank you

Jeff, I would stare at that one for quite some time. I have never seeen an Aloe like that. I wonder if anyone grows that in a pot? It is quite unique. Wow. The stripes are so cool.

Jenny, that would be so cool. It's the smooth looking green ones that I am love with, the flowering one. I have never seen them sold here. Always the spotted soft leaf ones are found up here. I would really appreciate it. I can e-mail you my address and we could work something out. That actually would make my mother happy. She seems to love that one a lot. Thank you. Just let me know and soon too. ha..Thank you Jenny.

Stush, so sorry. I never saw your question until now. No, they are both different believe it. I can get the names for you. I love them both. Here in the sunlight they both have a slightly different coloring and one is now starting to flower for me. Thank you

Jenny, do you need my e-mail? Please let me know so I can give you my address if that is ops with you. Truly appreciated))

I've never seen more flowers anywhere on any Aloe than there are on this one - Len Geiger's Aloe rupestris.

Here's one of my larger aloes happy that it's spring!

I've seen only one of these IRL, but to see it in habitat, due to the graciousness of Alain Rezpecky, well, it's nearly overwhelming, courtesy of a trip taken by Mr. John Lavranos (RIP) and Tom McCoy (who has a new Aloe book out on the Aloes of the Arabian Peninsula) and another gentleman. Aloe irafrensis in habitat.

my babies. put them on my night stand away from the window. the little one was looking dangerously orange. I think from the sun. looking better today.

Let's see if the mighty Houzz will let me post this one. I like the faint pink. The white ones don't seem to want to grow much for me.

Eryn - Aloe plants (and almost all succulents) will indeed change colors due to light levels. Some will turn quite red, others a bronzy brown color. Many find these color changes desirable. It is not necessarily a sign of trouble.

I find that nearly every time I repot or replant an Aloe vera plant, it will turn brownish for a while. This is probably due to stress.

This Aloe vera plant is quite green in this picture -

Such beautiful aloes every one. I think I'm hooked..

This one is always throwing me starnge colors...

Variegated Black 'gem'

Here is the same Aloe as the one I posted above. It's now getting good sun!

A few others

Matt, what a huge difference the sun can make. Very nice. I'll bet that one is one of your favorites.

That bottom one is getting a beautiful color too. My favorite kind there. Where did you get those two aloes? I am looking for ones like that. Thanks

That Sucs, beautiful little guy you have there.

Thank you Mike, It's great, it makes all the succulents so different then being just green like most houseplants LOL! I noticed the change a week or so ago and this blue elf grows way more up right now. They were found at private nurseries but in the states I would imagine them being a lot more common.

Considering how heavily variegated those aloes are, Mike, I imagine they are very, very slow growing ,...

Mike's lucky with good stock. My variegated Aloe which goes by many names (Wamsey, ×Alworthia cv. ‘Black Gem’ variegated). Mine keep reverting back to all green. I do have one that's keeping the variegation but is much overall green. As far as growth rate. It grows much more than my other aloes almost becoming 'weedy'. My other variegated aloes grows about the same as regular.

Aloe's cousin Haworthia variegata almost died twice on me but must keep very dry and warm and is extremely slow.